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Westley may refer to: People * Westley Allan Dodd (1961–1993), American serial killer * Westley Sissel Unseld (1946–2020), American professional basketball player, coach and executive * William Westley Guth (1871–1929), American attorney, Methodist minister, and academic * William Westley Richards (1789–1865), British firearms manufacturer * David Westley (born 1974), former professional rugby league footballer * John Westley (b. 1927), American biochemist * Tom Westley (born 1989), English professional cricketer * Westley Moore (born 1978), American politician, banker, and author Places * Westley Waterless, a small village and civil parish in East Cambridgeshire, England * Westley, California, a census-designated place in Stanislaus County, California * Westley, Suffolk, a village and civil parish in the St Edmundsbury district of Suffolk in eastern England Fictional characters * Westley, a character from the 1973 fantasy romance novel ''The Princess Bride'' by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westley Allan Dodd
Westley Allan Dodd (July 3, 1961 – January 5, 1993) was an American convicted serial killer and sex offender who sexually assaulted and murdered three young boys in Vancouver, Washington, in 1989. He was arrested later that year after a failed attempt to abduct a six-year-old boy at a movie theatre in Camas, Washington. Dodd wrote detailed accounts of his murders in a diary that was found by police. After pleading guilty to charges of murder, he received the death penalty. After refusing an automatic appeal, he was executed by hanging on January 5, 1993, the first legal hanging in the United States since 1965. In response to the cases of Dodd and Earl Kenneth Shriner, the Washington State Legislature, authorized the indefinite civil commitment of a convict who has been deemed to be a "sexually violent predator." Early life Westley Allan Dodd was born in Toppenish, Washington, on July 3, 1961, the oldest of three children to James and Carol Dodd. Dodd claimed he was never ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wes Unseld
Westley Sissel Unseld Sr. (March 14, 1946June 2, 2020) was an American professional basketball player, coach and executive. He spent his entire National Basketball Association (NBA) career with the Baltimore/Capital/Washington Bullets. Unseld played college basketball for the Louisville Cardinals and was selected with the second overall pick by the Bullets in the 1968 NBA draft. Known as "The Incredible Hulk" and "The Oak Tree" because of his immense physical presence, Unseld was named the NBA Most Valuable Player and NBA Rookie of the Year during his rookie season and joined Wilt Chamberlain as the only two players in NBA history to accomplish the feat. He won an NBA championship with the Bullets in 1978 and the Finals MVP award to go with it. After his retirement as a player in 1981, Unseld worked with the Bullets-Wizards organization as a vice president, head coach and general manager. Unseld was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1988 an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Westley Guth
William Westley Guth (October 15, 1871 – April 19, 1929) was an American attorney, Methodist minister, and academic who served as the fourth president of Goucher College. Early life, family, and education Guth was born on October 15, 1871, in Nashville, Tennessee, to Rev. George Guth and Susan Sophie Grandlienard of Perrefitte, Switzerland. Guth was of German, French, and Swiss descent. When he was a teenager, his family moved to San Francisco, California. He enrolled at the University of the Pacific and continued his studies at the then-newly established Stanford University, from which he graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1892. Following his college graduation, he studied at University of California, Hastings College of the Law and was admitted to the California bar in December 1895. He practiced law in California for several years and then continued his studies at Boston University, earning a Bachelor of Sacred Theology and becoming ordained as a Methodist minister. He brie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Westley Richards
William Westley Richards (24 November 1789 – 11 September 1865) was a British firearms manufacturer and founder of Westley Richards. Richards was born in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England to Theophilus Richards and Mary Bingham. He married his first wife, Ann Barlow in 1813. They had six children: Westley, Emma, Caroline, Edward Harding, Ellen, and Mary Anne. William and Ann divorced before 1823. He married his second wife, Harriett Seale (1793–1865) on 18 January 1823 at St Pancras Old Church, London. He had three children by his second marriage, Charles, George Seale, and William. William died 11 September 1865 at Hall Hill, Edgbaston, Warwickshire. In 1812, at the age of 22, he established the Westley Richards gunmaking business in Birmingham, which still bears his name. His family background had been in fine jewellery, cutlery and the gun trade. He coined the motto, "to be the maker of as good a gun as can be made" which is still used. Richards was an innovator, c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Westley
David Westley (born 7 June 1974) is a former professional rugby league footballer and assistant coach of the Papua New Guinea . A Papua New Guinea international front-rower, he played club football for the Canberra Raiders, with whom he won the 1994 Winfield Cup Premiership before spending time with the Parramatta Eels and the Northern Eagles. Playing career Westley's junior club was the Cairns Kangaroos. He was Canberra's Rookie of the Year in 1993, and was a part of the Grand Final winning side in 1994 as they defeated Canterbury-Bankstown in the decider. As of the 2020 NRL season, this has been Canberra's last premiership victory. The following year, Westley was selected to play for Papua New Guinea in the 1995 World Cup in England. Westley played for Canberra until the end of the 1999 NRL season before departing the club to sign with Parramatta. Westley played 25 games for Parramatta in his first season at the club as they reached the preliminary final against Brisb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Westley (biochemist)
John W. Westley (1927–) was an enzymologist at the University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, or UChi) is a Private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its main campus is in the Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, Chic ..., best known for his research on rhodanese and other sulfurtransferases. Education and employment John Westley obtained his Ph.D. in 1954 at the University of Chicago on the basis of a thesis entitled "Studies on the synthesis of histidine by ''Escherichia coli''". He subsequently worked in the Department of Biochemistry (now Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology) of the University of Chicago. Research John Westley's doctoral research concerned the biosynthesis of histidine in ''Escherichia coli''. Subsequently he became an enzymologist and worked principally on rhodanese (thiosulfate sulfurtransferase, EC 2.8.1.1), starting with a comparison o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Westley
Thomas Westley (born 13 March 1989) is an English professional cricketer who has played Test cricket for the England cricket team. He is a top order right-handed batsman who occasionally bowls offbreaks and has played first-class cricket for Essex County Cricket Club since 2006. He began his cricket career at Weston Colville Cricket Club in Cambridgeshire. Early life and education Westley was born on 13 March 1989 in Cambridge. He was educated at Linton Village College, Hills Road Sixth Form College and studied at Durham University. County career Westley's Essex career began in the 2004 Second XI Championship where he played his debut match as a 15-year-old against a Middlesex side captained by then 51-year-old ex-Test cricketer John Emburey. Westley continued to play occasionally throughout 2004 and 2005, also two matches in the Minor Counties Championship for Cambridgeshire in 2005. 2006 saw Westley make his first List A match appearance, against a team of Sri Lankans, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wes Moore
Westley Watende Omari Moore (born October 15, 1978) is an American politician, businessman, author, and former U.S. Army officer serving as the 63rd governor of Maryland since 2023. Moore was born in Maryland and raised primarily in New York. He graduated from Johns Hopkins University and received a master's degree from Wolfson College, Oxford, as a Rhodes Scholar. After several years in the United States Army, U.S. Army and United States Army Reserve, Army Reserve, he became an investment banker in New York. Between 2010 and 2015, Moore published five books, including a young-adult novel. He served as CEO of the Robin Hood Foundation from 2017 to 2021. Moore authored ''The Other Wes Moore'' and ''The Work.'' He also hosted ''Beyond Belief'' on the Oprah Winfrey Network (U.S. TV channel), Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN), and was executive producer and a writer for ''Coming Back with Wes Moore'' on PBS. Moore is a member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westley Waterless
Westley Waterless is a small village and civil parish in East Cambridgeshire, England, 5 miles south west of Newmarket. History The parish of Westley Waterless is long and thin covering 1150 acres between the ancient Icknield Way at its north west end (now the A1304), to the village of Burrough Green at the south east. It is wedged between the parishes of Burrough Green to the north and east (with the border following Westley Bottom Road), from which it was apparently carved, and Brinkley to the south. It has a short border with Bottisham at its north west tip. The site of the present village seems to have been occupied since the 10th century. A leaden vessel filled with tools dating from prior to the Norman Conquest has been found. Thirteen inhabitants were recorded at the time of the Domesday Book. The population reached its peak of 214 in 1851. Listed as ''Westle'' in around 1045, ''Weslai'' in the Domesday Book and ''Westle Waterles'' in 1285, the name "Westley" means "we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westley, California
Westley is a census-designated place (CDP) in Stanislaus County, California, Stanislaus County, California. The population was 603 at the 2010 census, down from 747 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Modesto metropolitan area, Modesto Metropolitan Statistical Area. History The Oxford Tire Pile Oxford Energy (USA energy firm), Oxford Energy had a major stake in a large local scrap tire pile operation. When it mostly burnt down in 1997, it was the largest single collection of waste tires on the west coast. Filbin had begun trucking used tires into Ed's Tire Disposal even before the construction of Interstate 5, I-5 between 1956 and 1979. Oxford Energy had been dumping near Westley in various piles since the 1950s. Oxford Energy officials heard about it causing an eyesore and environmental blight and in 1984 approached both Filbin and the county, proposing the tire-to-energy project. However, it was turned down on environmental grounds. About 10,000-20,000 tires were being dum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westley, Suffolk
Westley is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk (district), West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. It is located south of Junction 42 of the A14 road (England), A14 providing primary access to adjacent market towns Bury St Edmunds (East) and Newmarket, Suffolk, Newmarket (West). The village consists of two central roads: Fornham Lane and Hill Road running north and south through the parish, with adjoining roads accommodating Westley's total population of 183. Village facilities include: Westley Club, located on Old church Lane and refurbished in 2012 to include pool tables and a community staffed bar, it is the village's only social venue. St Mary's Church, a pioneering concrete structure which features a three-phase tower with (nowadays) a slated pyramidal roof acts as the village's focal point. History Early history The earliest indication of the village's existence derives from 'a document of around 1040'. Westley later appeared in the 1086 Domesday ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Princess Bride (novel)
''The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure, The "Good Parts" Version'' is a 1973 fantasy romance novel by American writer William Goldman. The book combines elements of comedy, adventure, fantasy, drama, romance, and fairy tale. It is metafictionally presented as an abridgment of a longer work by the fictional S. Morgenstern, and Goldman's commentary asides are constant throughout. It was originally published in the United States by Harcourt Brace, then later by Random House, while in the United Kingdom it was later published by Bloomsbury. The book was adapted into a 1987 feature film directed by Rob Reiner, starring Robin Wright and Cary Elwes. William Goldman said, "I've gotten more responses on ''The Princess Bride'' than on everything else I've done put together—all kinds of strange outpouring letters. Something in ''The Princess Bride'' affects people.". When the original edition failed to sell well, the author and editor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
